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The emperor was very proud of his achievements.

(Maid Ji Ruxue)

It is not easy to be a favorite of the emperor. Not only must you be able to speak, but you must also be able to do things. You may not be able to do anything that benefits the country and the people, but you must be able to do things that can make the emperor happy.

For example, before, Lu Cheng got a position as a writer by virtue of his contribution to the treasure, with generous pay, leisurely work, and the ability to concentrate on reading.

Now, it has been several months since the contribution to the treasure, and it is time to brush up the favorability in front of Song Huizong again.

A treasure is a dead thing after all, and it is impossible to exchange for Song Huizong's long-term attention. Besides, it is a transparent glass ball with a dragon-shaped carving inside, and it will be boring if you look at it too much.

If he wanted Song Huizong to keep his favor, he had to be able to provide him with long-term, continuous and stable value.

After the morning court was over that day, Lu Cheng entered the palace again and met Song Huizong.

"Shouxin, you haven't come here to chat about calligraphy and painting with me for a while. What's up? How is the revision of the Taoist Canon in the Sutra Bureau going?"

"Your Majesty, the revision of the Taoist Canon has been proceeding in an orderly manner. I have been studying Taoist scriptures for the past few months and have gained a lot of knowledge. I was immersed in it for a while and didn't come to the palace to greet you from time to time. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

"It's a good thing that you can concentrate on studying Taoist scriptures. What's the crime? Tell me, what have you gained recently?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. There are thousands of volumes of Taoist scriptures. In the final analysis, it is the law of nature. Between heaven and earth, the sun and the moon rest, the four seasons change, and the flowers bloom and fall. They all have their natural laws and do not change because of people. Year after year, it is the same. This is the Tao. The heaven and the earth live long because they do not produce themselves..."

Lu Cheng talked eloquently, stringing together various Taoist scriptures, and he spoke clearly, listening to Song Huizong nodding repeatedly.

"Shouxin, it seems that you have not read the scriptures in vain during this period, not bad."

"Your Majesty, I came to see you today not to recite the scriptures for you, but to present you with a fortune."

Song Huizong was immediately interested when he heard this: "What fortune?"

Lu Cheng took out a brocade box he carried with him, and after opening it, there were 4 soaps neatly placed inside.

"What is this? It smells like a faint floral scent. Is it the same as the perfume you made?"

"Somewhat similar, but not the same. Your Majesty, this thing is used for daily cleaning. It can be used to wash hands, bathe, or wash clothes. Your Majesty can ask someone to fetch two basins of clean water, and you will know after a try."

Zhao Ji immediately signaled to a eunuch next to him, and the young eunuch immediately went down to ask someone to fetch water.

Soon, two young eunuchs each brought a basin of clean water. Lu Cheng first demonstrated the use of the soap, and Song Huizong immediately followed suit.

"Your Majesty, use this to clean your hands, it can more easily remove stains, and leave a fragrance, your Majesty can smell it."

"Indeed, it is convenient and easy to use. The wealth you are talking about is not in this soap, right?"

"Yes, the emperor should know that my family has saved some money through perfume and some medicinal materials business, which allows the family to live a good life. But the output of perfume and medicinal materials is limited. Especially the perfume, which requires a large number of petals and needs to be purified with wine, and the output is limited.

The cost of this soap is lower, and more people will use it. Your Majesty and the empress in the harem can use it, and the ministers and wealthy merchants outside can also afford it. It is a daily consumable, and you have to continue to buy it after it is used up, which can make a continuous profit.

It will definitely create an astonishing wealth, and such wealth is also Only your majesty can enjoy it. "

Song Huizong laughed: "Since you can create wealth, why don't you keep it and sell it?"

"Your Majesty, I can be where I am today, all thanks to your support and reuse. Moreover, if virtue is not worthy of position, there will be disasters, and if people are not worthy of wealth, there will be losses. For me, as long as the money in the family is enough, it will be fine."

"You are sober and open-minded. But if this item is handed over to me, I really can't find a suitable person to manage it for a while."

"Your Majesty can arrange manpower and set up a business to specialize in the production and sale of this soap. The Ministry of Internal Affairs should have many available people."

"Those people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs... well. Aren't you good at business? How about this, I will assign some manpower to you and you will be in charge of this matter. What kind of manpower and materials are needed, just tell me, I won't ask too much, just hand over the profits every month.

Yes."

"Thank you for your approval, I will definitely live up to my mission and plant a money tree for you."

In fact, Lu Cheng offered the soap and proposed to establish a business just to be the owner of this business.

Firstly, the business of Lu's business is getting bigger and bigger, which has attracted the attention of many people. However, no one dares to attack him because he is a close minister of the emperor. Once Lu Cheng loses power, there will be a group of people rushing up to divide up his family assets.

If Lu Cheng is making money for His Majesty, who would dare to covet it?

Secondly, as long as he can continue to make money and send money to Song Huizong, Lu Cheng's position will be extremely stable and will not be blown down by any storm.

As for whether Song Huizong will hand over the management rights of this business to others, Lu Cheng is not worried. If it is really handed over to others, Lu Cheng has a lot of ways to make him unable to operate. . Finally, it returned to his own hands.

However, Lu Cheng had already proved his loyalty, and he was favored by the emperor. He was good at business and was the inventor of the soap. Naturally, he was the best candidate to run this business.

Soon, Song Huizong dispatched a group of people, and with the help of a group of capable workers transferred by Lu Cheng from Lujiazhuang, a production workshop was established outside the city of Bianjing, and a piece of land was enclosed to build a large factory.

After the first batch of soap was produced, it was first supplied to the palace, and then a shop was established to specialize in selling soap and soap.

Lu Cheng also advertised in the name of the royal family, saying that the royal soap was used by the emperor and the queen, and the officials and the people enjoyed it together, so the soap was promoted to the people, etc., and soon the soap became popular. The entire Bianjing city.

Anyone with a little money at home, if he hasn't used soap, is a bumpkin.

In terms of business hype, Lu Cheng is still very good. As the daily turnover was presented to Song Huizong's desk, the white silver earned more and more, and Song Huizong was more and more satisfied. He immediately accelerated the construction of the factory and called on people from all over the country to raise pigs, plant flowers and plants, etc., to provide sufficient raw materials for making soap.

What the superior likes, the subordinates must follow.

In the spring of the third year of Zhenghe (1113 AD), soap was already sold well in the north and south, and even sold to the Liao Kingdom in the north and Xixia in the northwest.

Lu Cheng also relied on this merit to become the seventh-rank Xuande Lang, the seventh-rank Xuande Lang, and the seventh-rank Yunqi Wei.

However, the original Zuoshu Lang was a real The officials of the seventh rank who had positions, Xuan De Lang and Yun Qi Wei, were all casual officials with only positions but no specific duties.

On the surface, Lu Cheng received double the salary of the seventh rank and was well treated, but in fact he had no position and did not take care of anything.

Perhaps, Song Huizong also wanted Lu Cheng to run the business well and earn money for him, and did not arrange any other positions for him.

Lu Cheng did not care about these things. It was good that he did not have to take care of anything and could still get a salary. By the way, he could continue to concentrate on studying Taoist scriptures, which was also good.

At this time, Lu Cheng had already touched the threshold of holding the elixir. He only needed to take another step forward to enter the elixir strength, and his spirit would be as restrained as the golden elixir. He would be round in his dealings with others and make the whole body's spirit and energy condensed a little, like the beginning of the universe, evolving the universe.

At that step, he could be called a martial immortal.

When Lu Cheng read "Mr. Chen's Inner Alchemy Secret" written by a Taoist who was a contemporary of Lu Dongbin, he was suddenly inspired by part of the content.

"The inner alchemy skill starts from one and ends with nine. One is the origin of all things... The inner alchemy has nine turns, the nine turns are: the first turn is to lower the elixir, the second turn is to have intercourse, the third turn is to nourish the yang, the fourth turn is to nourish the yin, and the fifth turn is to transform the bones..."

When the skill is trained to the bone marrow, the whole body is replaced with blood, and the whole body's qi and blood can be mobilized at will, the physical body has been trained to the extreme, and the remaining is the inner spirit...